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Chalk Valleys (ward)

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Chalk Valleys
ward
Dorset Council.
Population4,846
Major settlementsPiddlehinton
Current ward
Created2019 (2019)
CouncillorJill Haynes (Conservative)
Number of councillors1

Chalk Valleys is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]

Geography

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The Chalk Valleys ward is rural area between Dorchester and Sherborne and contains the villages of Alton Pancras, Buckland Newton, Cerne Abbas, Duntish, Higher Ansty and Piddlehinton.[2]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2019 Jill Haynes

(Conservative)

2024

Election

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2024 Dorset Council election: Chalk Valleys (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Haynes 683 48.0 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Iain Douglas Young 554 38.9 +17.1
Labour John Bennett 186 13.1 New
Turnout 1,423 36.99
Conservative hold Swing
2019 Dorset Council election: Chalk Valleys (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Haynes 810 50.4
Green Carol Rosemary Byrom 447 27.8
Liberal Democrats Michael John Sandy 351 21.8
Majority 363 22.6
Turnout 42.30
Conservative win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Chalk Valleys (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  2. ^ "Area profile for Chalk Valleys - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

See also

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